Shootings

A person of "interest" has been taken into custody in connection with the fatal shooting of a police officer during a traffic stop in Memphis, police said Sunday. Memphis Police Department spokeswoman Karen Rudolph told The Associated Press that a person is in custody but that no charges have been filed in the killing of Officer Sean Bolton, 33. She said the investigation is ongoing but did not provide further details. Bolton was shot near one of the main arteries in a working class area in southeast Memphis late Saturday. In a statement released Sunday, police said a civilian had used Bolton's radio to notify police about the shooting. No further details were...

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Newport News should be pleased that calm and restraint have prevailed in the wake of the July 4 shooting death of 23-year-old Kawanza Jamal Beaty by a still unnamed Newport News police officer.
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A man was hit by an SUV and vehicles were shot after gunfire broke out at a party in Newport News Sunday, an official said.
The incident happened shortly before 4:45 a.m. in the 7900 block of Merrimac Lane, according to police spokeswoman Holly...

NEWPORT NEWS — Residents in the Southeast Community neighborhood have mixed feelings about the shooting of a 23-year-old man who was killed by a police officer on July 4.
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When a police officer uses deadly force in the line of duty, citizens are right to have a few clear and imperative expectations for the investigation that follows.
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The police officer who shot and killed a 23-year-old man during an early-morning police chase on July 4 had opened fire once before on another suspect, Newport News Police Chief Richard W. Myers said Wednesday.
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The stepfather of a man killed by police earlier this month in Southeast Newport News spoke out Wednesday about the shooting, saying his son wasn't a violent man and was working to turn his life around.
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Newport Police are investigating two shootings that occurred on Monday evening.
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A 23-year-old man is still alive after he was found shot multiple times in a hotel parking lot in Newport News early Saturday morning, according to police.
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Aug. 4, 1990
Dwayne Augburn, 20. Unarmed
1000 block 22nd Street, Hampton.
Shot by off-duty Hampton deputy, after Augburn and friends forced the deputy's car off the road, upset because he had broken up a bar fight, according to court testimony in the...

The three Newport News police officers involved in a shooting that killed a man Saturday have been interviewed and have undergone a psychological review as part of criminal and administrative investigations into the incident.
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U.S. Marshals have captured a man wanted by Norfolk police in connection with a shooting that wounded a 6-year-old boy last week.
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A 47-year-old Norfolk man was shot and killed early Thursday morning in the Phoebus area of Hampton, an official said.
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